4:00 – 5:00 PM Orientation for Newcomers,Sevilla 1 Beth Wilbur and Robin Heyden
5:00 - 5:30 PM Welcome Reception,Sevilla Foyer
5:30 – 6:30 PM Welcome and Introductions,Sevilla 1
6:30 PM Dinnerat Primo’s
Saturday, February 24
7:00 – 8:30 AM Breakfast,Cataluna Room
8:30 – 10:00 AM Keynote Address, Sevilla 1 The Carbon Cycle and Global Photosynthesis: A New Look at Life on Planet Earth David Schimel, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
10:00 – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 - 11:00 AM Applying Big Space Data to the Classroom,Sevilla 1 Ruth Buskirk, University of Texas, Austin
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Workshop: 21 Strategies to Engage Students, Make Learning Environments Inclusive, and Promote Student Success, Sevilla 1 Kimberly Tanner,San Francisco State University
12:00 – 1:00 PM WorkingLunch: 21 Strategies,Sevilla 1 Kimberly Tanner,San Francisco State University
1:00 -1:15 PM Break
1:15 – 2:00 PM Chance at Birth: Social Positioning and Equity in Higher Education,Sevilla 1 Bryan Dewsbury, University of Rhode Island 2:00 – 3:00 PM 2017 Catalytic Grant Program and 2017 Winners,Sevilla 1 Learning to Study Smart: Building Metacognitive Skills using Evidence-Based Study Graeme Lindbeck, Valencia College; Christine Davis, University of Florida; Jamie Jensen, Brigham Young University; Kimberly Murphy, Austin Community College; Cynthia Surmacz, Bloomsburg University Quantitative Skills and Biological Concepts: Developing Active, Integrated Modules to Improve Students' Statistical Competencies Rebecca Orr, Collin County Community College; Ruth Buskirk, University of Texas, Austin
3:00 – 5:00 PM Free Time
5:00 – 7:00 PM Poster Session,Sevilla 2
7:00 PM Dinner
Sunday, February 25
7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast, Cataluna Room
8:30 – 9:30 AM Brief but Spectacular,Sevilla 1 Disciplinary Practices in AP Biology: The Preparation, The Handoff, The Future Ann Brokaw, Rocky River High School Making Accessible Course Materials: Some Thoughts and Experiences on Working with Visually Impaired Students Ford Lux, Metropolitan State University
9:30 - 10:30 AM Think/Pair/Share and The Inclusive Classroom Q & A,Sevilla 1 Kimberly Tanner and Bryan Dewsbury
10:30 – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 – 11:30 AM Brief but Spectacular,Sevilla 1 Motivating Student Success: Less Stick and More Carrot Michael Black, California Polytechnic State University Teaching Skills to Improve Content Learning: More Carrots Needed Clarissa Dirks, The Evergreen State College
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Wrap-Up/Boxed Lunches to go
12:15 – 1:30 PM Optional MasteringBiology Workshop,Sevilla 1 Josh Frost and Michael Gillespie
Friday, February 23
3:00 – 4:00 PM Registration, Sevilla Foyer
4:00 – 5:00 PM Orientation for Newcomers, Sevilla 1
Beth Wilbur and Robin Heyden
5:00 - 5:30 PM Welcome Reception, Sevilla Foyer
5:30 – 6:30 PM Welcome and Introductions, Sevilla 1
6:30 PM Dinner at Primo’s
Saturday, February 24
7:00 – 8:30 AM Breakfast, Cataluna Room
8:30 – 10:00 AM Keynote Address, Sevilla 1
The Carbon Cycle and Global Photosynthesis: A New Look at Life on Planet Earth
David Schimel, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
10:00 – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 - 11:00 AM Applying Big Space Data to the Classroom, Sevilla 1
Ruth Buskirk, University of Texas, Austin
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Workshop: 21 Strategies to Engage Students, Make Learning Environments Inclusive, and Promote Student Success, Sevilla 1
Kimberly Tanner,San Francisco State University
12:00 – 1:00 PM Working Lunch: 21 Strategies, Sevilla 1
Kimberly Tanner,San Francisco State University
1:00 -1:15 PM Break
1:15 – 2:00 PM Chance at Birth: Social Positioning and Equity in Higher Education, Sevilla 1
Bryan Dewsbury, University of Rhode Island
2:00 – 3:00 PM 2017 Catalytic Grant Program and 2017 Winners, Sevilla 1
Learning to Study Smart: Building Metacognitive Skills using Evidence-Based Study
Graeme Lindbeck, Valencia College; Christine Davis, University of Florida; Jamie Jensen, Brigham Young University; Kimberly Murphy, Austin Community College; Cynthia Surmacz, Bloomsburg University
Quantitative Skills and Biological Concepts: Developing Active, Integrated Modules to Improve Students' Statistical Competencies
Rebecca Orr, Collin County Community College; Ruth Buskirk, University of Texas, Austin
3:00 – 5:00 PM Free Time
5:00 – 7:00 PM Poster Session, Sevilla 2
7:00 PM Dinner
Sunday, February 25
7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast, Cataluna Room
8:30 – 9:30 AM Brief but Spectacular, Sevilla 1
Disciplinary Practices in AP Biology: The Preparation, The Handoff, The Future
Ann Brokaw, Rocky River High School
Making Accessible Course Materials: Some Thoughts and Experiences on Working with Visually Impaired Students
Ford Lux, Metropolitan State University
9:30 - 10:30 AM Think/Pair/Share and The Inclusive Classroom Q & A, Sevilla 1
Kimberly Tanner and Bryan Dewsbury
10:30 – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 – 11:30 AM Brief but Spectacular, Sevilla 1
Motivating Student Success: Less Stick and More Carrot
Michael Black, California Polytechnic State University
Teaching Skills to Improve Content Learning: More Carrots Needed
Clarissa Dirks, The Evergreen State College
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Wrap-Up/Boxed Lunches to go
12:15 – 1:30 PM Optional MasteringBiology Workshop, Sevilla 1
Josh Frost and Michael Gillespie